DependencyWalker.DiscoverDependencies Method (array<Urn , Boolean)

Creates a hierarchical object tree that represents the parent- or child-dependent relationships for a specified Urn array of SQL Server objects on the instance of SQL Server.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function DiscoverDependencies ( _
    urns As Urn(), _
    parents As Boolean _
) As DependencyTree
'Usage
Dim instance As DependencyWalker 
Dim urns As Urn()
Dim parents As Boolean 
Dim returnValue As DependencyTree 

returnValue = instance.DiscoverDependencies(urns, _
    parents)
public DependencyTree DiscoverDependencies(
    Urn[] urns,
    bool parents
)
public:
DependencyTree^ DiscoverDependencies(
    array<Urn^>^ urns, 
    bool parents
)
member DiscoverDependencies : 
        urns:Urn[] * 
        parents:bool -> DependencyTree
public function DiscoverDependencies(
    urns : Urn[], 
    parents : boolean
) : DependencyTree

Parameters

  • parents
    Type: System.Boolean
    A Boolean value that specifies whether to find parent objects on which the objects in the array are dependent or the child objects that are dependent on the objects in the array. If True, the DiscoverDependencies method looks for the parent objects for each object in the specified array. If False, the DiscoverDependencies method looks for the child objects for each object in the specified array.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.DependencyTree
A DependencyTree object that specifies the hierarchical SQL Server object tree.

See Also

Reference

DependencyWalker Class

DiscoverDependencies Overload

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace